Shloka 10
Devanagari script
अम्मिंक्षेदागते काले श्रेयो न प्रतिपत्स्यसे । असम्भावितरूपस्त्वं सुनृशंसं करिष्यसि
Transliteration
ammiṁkṣed āgate kāle śreyo na pratipatsyase | asambhāvita-rūpas tvaṁ sunṛśaṁsaṁ kariṣyasi
Translation
決するべき時が来ても、汝は真に益あり正しき道を選べぬ。高貴さへの期待に及ばぬ性根ゆえ、汝は残忍で情け容赦なき行いに及ぶであろう。
Word by Word
अम्indeed/now (emphatic particle)
अम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअम् (अव्यय/निपात)
मिंक्षेत्would harm / would injure
मिंक्षेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootमिक्ष्
FormVidhi-linga, optative (potential), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
आगतेwhen (it has) come / upon arrival
आगते:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
Formpast passive participle (kta), masculine/neuter, locative, singular
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formmasculine, locative, singular
श्रेयःthe better (good)
श्रेयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रतिपत्स्यसेyou will attain / you will obtain
प्रतिपत्स्यसे:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-पद्
FormLrṭ, simple future, 2, singular, Atmanepada
असम्भावितरूपःone whose form/nature is not esteemed (unregarded)
असम्भावितरूपः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-सम्भावित-रूप
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formnominative, singular
सुनृशंसम्a very cruel (deed)
सुनृशंसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसुनृशंस
Formneuter, accusative, singular
करिष्यसिyou will do / you will commit
करिष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormLrṭ, simple future, 2, singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीमसेन उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even in war, one is accountable to śreyas—choosing the ethically superior course. The verse warns that failing to adopt what is truly right at the crucial moment leads to acts of cruelty that stain one’s character.
Bhīmasena rebukes an opponent, predicting that when the decisive time comes, the person will not act for the higher good but will instead commit a merciless deed—framing the coming action as a moral failure, not merely a tactical choice.